St. Patrick’s Day Desserts

I have very fond memories of St. Patrick’s Day as a child. Especially if the day happened to fall on a schoolday. We didn’t get just any old lunch for that day…no, we got a lunch filled with GREEN. Yes, everything was covered in mold!!!! Ok, not really, that’s actually not true. My mom never fed us mold. Not knowingly at least. Anyway…I distinctly remember cottage cheese tinted with green food dye and shamrock sugar cookies with green frosting. So healthy, right? Oh who cares, we loved it and looked forward to it every year!

So, in honor of that fun tradition we had as kids, I found some green desserts for St. Patrick’s Day! Typically, when you think green and dessert, the first thing that comes to mind is mint. And I LOVE mint and chocolate combinations. But I’m sure not everyone is as fond of the flavor as I am so I found a couple more green ideas–pistachio and green tea! Green tea (or matcha) sounds a little strange but it is actually DELICIOUS in desserts. And these flavors lend themselves to the possibility of a bit more, shall we say, natural, green color.